Sentences with phrase «powerful public official»

First of all, he was a powerful public official in Ethiopia, overseeing the entire treasury.

The problem with a powerful public official having valuable secrets is they can be exploited for more than just financial gain.

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Now, we're getting some more details on exactly what happened: The performer reported thought he was taking traditional prescription Vicodin but was actually taking a counterfeit treatment laced with the far more powerful (and deadly) opioid fentanyl, which has become an increasing source of alarm for public health officials.

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It's as if elected officials no longer see themselves as servants to the public, but instead as servants to the rich and powerful.

But he still oversees the state's $ 184.5 billion public pension system (the third - largest in the nation) and has teamed up with Mr. Schneiderman to take down corrupt elected officials and powerful nonprofit heads.

In another indication that the world's most powerful politician has few qualms about battling local public officials, Trump again has sued the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser over the valuation of his Trump National Golf Club.

New York needs a nonpartisan attorney general with prosecutorial chops, strong moral fiber and no tolerance for unethical actions by public officials, no matter how powerful.

At Bronx Science, they say, the importance of spin and public relations pales compared with the mundane ability to deal with cantankerous union officials, powerful custodians and 2,700 needy, if talented, adolescents,» the Times wrote.

Another game that ethics rules don't stymie easily is getting relatives jobs at public entities where the powerful official does not serve, but his or her buddies do.

... Parliament's powerful Public Accounts Committee chaired by Labour MP Margaret Hodge is set early next week to deliver its own «damning» verdict on official plans and costings for 225mph HS2 line linking London to the Midlands and the North.»

Widely hailed as a «breakthrough» in HIV prevention by public health officials, the studies — one of which dropped its placebo arm today because of the convincing effects of the intervention — add powerful new tools to derail transmission of the virus in the population that accounts for most of the 34 million infections in the world.

If you are a public - sector employee, you will suffer no tax increase at all — no matter how costly your health insurance — if the deal made behind closed doors between Democratic leaders in Congress, the White House, and powerful union officials goes through.

In jurisdictions where unions are powerful, therefore, many public officials have incentives to submit to union demands even if they know the result will be higher costs and inefficiencies.

For that to happen, parents need to opt their children out of the Common Core SBAC test and send a loud and powerful message to our elected officials that the time has come to put the word «PUBLIC» back in Public EducPUBLIC» back in Public EducPublic Education.

Opting one's children out of the SBAC test not only protects those students from the negative aspects of the testing program but it sends a powerful message to the state's elected and appointed officials that parents will not stand idly by as the SBAC testing scam is used to undermine public education in Connecticut.

The influential German show, opening to the public on 17 September, will see the official debut of the SEAT Leon fleet's stunning new flagship which boasts a brutally powerful 265 PS 2.0 TSI turbocharged petrol engine.

I noted many climate modelers are convinced that regional climate forecasts — another top concern of officials and the public — are unlikely to improve much even with far more powerful computers and years of extra work on simulations.

Many individuals under investigation for fraud - related crimes are powerful business people and public officials who are accustomed to making command decisions and taking quick action.

For instance, the powerful combination of its «public platform» — a feature currently being tested by rival Sina Weibo — and official accounts turns WeChat into a superb marketing channel to reach out and target customers.